Stephen Kotkin Author Website

Princeton’s Professor Stephen Kotkin previously relied on his university faculty pages as his only presence on the web. The pages were hard to find, hard to update, and admittedly pretty terrible looking. With a new book coming out and dozens of important online and print articles with no central home Dr. Kotkin knew it was time for new website. He came to Apt Design with this request in hand – make me a website where someone can go to “read all things Kotkin.” We did just that.

Dr. Kotkin’s new site is structured simply and ready to grow as he continues adding blog posts about current affairs and writing in major news publications around the world. His work is all simply organized and easy to find, yet the site doesn’t lack for a visual component that directly reflects his Russian content. Most importantly his books and the ability to easily purchase them are not lost in the shuffle.

After the initial concepts Dr. Kotkin was overwhelmingly pleased with the conscious emphasis put on his work. We added all the content for him and he was able to go live with his new site without much more than a few emails.

Dr. Kotkin is very pleased with the finished product and now has a central hub for this blog posts, his long-form articles, and his best-selling books.

Jeff Ingber

Brad made the process of developing my web site not only painless, but positively enjoyable. His enthusiastic, “can-do” attitude permeated every discussion we had. I would recommend him to any writer looking to develop a web site!

Rolf Boone

Brad provided very clear and understandable (for those of us who are tech challenged) directions on the process, explaining the steps he would take to build and design the site, as well as the input he wanted from me, and the training involved once the site was complete. Brad, who has a sharp eye for design, ran with it and produced a great site. He does good work.

Ona Russell

As an author, I wanted something that would showcase my books, but do so by telling a kind of story. And that is exactly what Brad accomplished. The finished product is beautiful, evocative and efficient, just like a great novel.

Emma Otheguy

Brad effectively translated my half-formed ideas into a beautiful website, and he gave me lots of choices and allowed plenty of feedback. He also did a great job making the web design flexible enough to evolve with my needs.

Dr. Robert Rosenthal

It was a pleasure to work with Brad at Apt Design. On the design front, his concepts were spot on, so we never got started on false trails. And he easily and accurately incorporated my feedback in a comfortable back-and-forth dialogue that resulted in a strong final product. I remain extremely pleased with the result.

James Townsend

James Townsend, Author and Co-Owner of The Human Condition

Brad’s creative insight is easily accessible through constant communication and feedback. He’s concerned about your vision, and it shows in the final product. He has a consistent devotion to making your vision a reality.

Michael Herrod

I really can’t recommend Brad highly enough. He’s come through for us time after time, and always delivers outstanding work. His sites are beautiful and functional works of art. Brad has designed the websites for some of our biggest authors. You know he’ll deliver an amazing site, right on schedule.

Traci Mann

Brad is an incredible designer. My book’s website is exactly what I wanted, even though I couldn’t even begin to articulate what I wanted before talking to Brad. Not only is the website wonderful, but he finished it faster than he promised, and he was great to work with. I am so glad I hired Brad for this project. I am absolutely delighted with the results.

Tom Mullen

After scouring dozens of author websites I contacted Brad – because his designs are clean and tight, and he is easy to work with. From inspecting his initial concept drafts, it was clear that selecting Brad was the right move.